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Battle of Prestonpans 1745 - Re-enactment
LEARN TO TELL THE BATTLE STORY
The Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust is offering free storytelling workshops for local people interested in telling the story of the Battle of Prestonpans.
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07 November 2008
CHANCE TO JOIN THE ARCHAEOLOGISTS IN PRESTONPANS DIG
To mark the start of the first major archaeological investigation into the Battle of Prestonpans local people are being invited to an Open Day on
22 November, 10.30am - 3pm at the Gothenburg in Prestonpans.
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31 October 2008
JAMES III AND VIII DECLARED KING AT MERCAT CROSS
On 17 September 1745, Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Jacobite army entered Edinburgh. One of his first acts was to proclaim his father King of England and Scotland ? James III and VIII.
The event is being recreated by the Battle of Prestonpans Heritage Trust to mark the start of a four-day programme of events celebrating the anniversary of the famous Jacobite victory.
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15 September 2008
STAR ENDORSEMENT FOR BATTLE PLANS
Plans for anniversary celebrations of the Battle of Prestonpans received a boost this week with the backing of Emmy award-winning actor Brian Cox.
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04 September 2008
ALAN BRECK VOLUNTEERS TO GATHER IN STYLE
The Alan Breck Prestonpans Volunteer Regiment is hosting its inaugural Regimental Dinner at the Prestoungrange Gothenburg on Tuesday 22 July.
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06 July 2008
REAL PRESTONPANS BATTLE INSPIRES FRINGE PRODUCTION
Everyone's heard of the Battle of Culloden ? where the heroic efforts of Bonnie Prince Charlie and his Highland warriors finally came to a tragic end.
But Fringe production, The Battle of Pots ?n? Pans, focuses on the start of that campaign, September 1745, when Highland hearts were full of hope and ambition, and recoat soldiers uneasy.
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06 July 2008
THE BATTLE OF POTS AND PANS ON TOUR
The Battle of Pots and Pans, a play specially commissioned to tell the story of the Battle of Prestonpans, is to visit venues across East Lothian in May.
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19 May 2008
FUNDING BOOST FOR BATTLE CAMPAIGN
The Battle of Prestonpans will soon be better understood and interpreted, thanks to a ?60,000 funding boost, it was announced today (3 April, 2008).
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07 April 2008
CZECH JACOBITES TO OCCUPY HOLYROOD PALACE
On Friday 21 September the Palace of Holyroodhouse will once again be invaded by hoards of Jacobites, including a contingent from the Czech Republic.
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21 September 2007
STUDY SHOWS BATTLE OF PRESTONPANS CENTRE WILL WORK
Iain Gray, local MSP and Shadow Minister for Tourism, today (26 July) welcomed research which shows that a proposed visitor centre at the site of the Battle of Prestonpans is economically viable and could attract over 70,000 visitors a year.
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26 July 2007
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